Hi Robin
At De Montfort we do not put an invigilator in a room as well as a support worker.
We decided that it was unnecessary as the chances of a student being able to cheat in this situation were virtually nil.
Here the support workers are supplied by 3 external agencies and it is part of our working agreement with them that they do not nominate any of their staff to provide exam support for a student if that support worker has worked with the student during term time (there are very occasional exceptions to this rule).
We also have a support worker handbook which is fact a 'watered down' version of the invigilator handbook which we give them and they are all required to come to training sessions which we run before they can work in an exam situation.
Regards
Julia
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DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY
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From: ARC Assessment Practitioners Group [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Robin Thompson
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Subject: Support Workers and Exam Invigilators
Hi everyone,
Sorry to trouble you!
I'm interested to find out if anyone users support workers as exam invigilators in one to one exams, or whether you require an invigilator to be present in addition to a support worker? We currently keep the roles separate and therefore require both to be present, but this isn't always easy to achieve and I'm looking at ways of making the organisation of one to one exams simpler.
Many thanks
Robin Thompson
Exams Officer
University of Hull
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